Legal Opinion

Sears Administrator v. Smith

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1851PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The facts are sufficiently detailed in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Whipple, C. J.

The hill, in substance, alleges that Abraham C. Sears, in the month of December, 1840, sold to the defendant a tract of land located in Cass County, “for the price and sum of two hundred and sixty dollars, the amount of a certain note or obligation, (under seal,) of principal and interest due thereon at the time, given by one Oi'lin Fitzgerald and John Fitzgerald, to Thomas Fitzgerald, his heirs and assigns, for the sum of $212, with seven per cent interest thereon, until paid, and dated Jackson County, Sept. 1st, 1837; that the note was assigned by Thomas…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Fish v. HowlandNew York Court of Chancery · 1828

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Converse v. BlumrichMichigan Supreme Court · 1866
  2. Zeiser v. . CohnNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  3. Riverside Iron Works v. HallMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Dummer v. SmedleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Palmer v. SterlingMichigan Supreme Court · 1879

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